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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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  • çā (NW Gheg)[1]

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

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ça

  1. alternative form of çë (what)

Etymology 2

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A variant of çaj.

Verb

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ça

  1. (Gheg) to break, split
    me ça druto chop some wood

References

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  1. ^ Jungg, G. (1895), Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 14

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin *ecce hāc. Compare French çà.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ça

  1. (archaic) here; in this place

Derived terms

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Further reading

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Syncopic contraction of cela (that), from ce +‎ -là. Compare French ceci (this).

Pronoun

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ça n

  1. (informal) that (distal demonstrative pronoun)
    Synonym: cela
    J'aimerais ça.I'd like that.
  2. (informal) this (proximal demonstrative pronoun)
    Synonym: ceci
    Je veux ça.I want this.
  3. (informal) it (alternative form of ce as a subject of être in tenses other than the present and imperfect indicative)
    Ça serait mieux que ça soit toi qui lui dises.It would be better if you told him yourself.
  4. (informal, in dislocation) it, that, they, them (reduplicated pronoun referring to an indefinite or generic noun phrase)
    Un peu de vin ça ferait pas de mal.A little wine wouldn't hurt.
    L'eau ça mouille, le feu ça brûle.Water's wet, fire burns (cliché obviously true statement)
    J'aime bien ça, moi, les pâtes.I do like pasta.
  5. (impersonal, in some contexts, dialectal) it (dummy pronoun)
    Synonym: il
    Ça va.It's okay.
    Ça mouille dehors.It's raining outside.
  6. used to indicate actions happening generally without specifying an agent, like on but with a greater suggestion of mass, generalized, unattributable, or confused action; people
    Partout ça criait, ça hurlait, ça se battait.There was shouting, screaming, fighting everywhere.
    • 1945, Yves Montand, “Rue Lepic”, in Les Chansons d'Yves Montand:
      Et ça grouille et ça vit dans cette vieille rue d'Paris.
      And people hustle and it is lively in that old Paris street.
  7. creates isolated emphatic forms of the interrogatives qui, , quand, comment and pourquoi
    Synonyms: (formal) cela, donc
    Qui ça, où ça?Who, where?
    Comment ça?How come?
  8. (Louisiana) he, she, it (third-person singular subject pronoun)
    Synonyms: il m or f, alle fLouisiana
    • 2010, Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet, Barry Jean Ancelet, Richard Guidry, Thomas A. Klingler, Amanda LaFleur, Tamara Lindner, Michael D. Picone, Dominique Ryon, editors, Dictionary of Louisiana French: as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian communities, page 95:
      Alle est avec eusse asteur parce qu’alle est malade un petit peu. so[sic] alle couche là. Ça a quatre-vingts-six ans.
      She is with them now because she is a bit sick. So, she sleeps over there. She is eighty-six years old.
  9. (Louisiana) him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun)
    Synonyms: le m or f, la f, li mLouisiana
  10. (Louisiana) they (third-person plural subject pronoun)
    Synonyms: eusse, eux, eux-autres, ils, onLouisiana
    Comment ça se dit ça?What do they call that?
  11. (Louisiana) them (third-person plural object pronoun)
    Synonyms: eusse, eux, eux-autresLouisiana
  12. (Louisiana, interrogative) what
    Ça ina?What's the matter?
  13. (Louisiana, relative) alternative form of ça que (that which, what)
    Un cocodrie mange ça (qu')y veut.An alligator eats what it wants.
Usage notes
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Louisiana Creole: ça, ha

Etymology 2

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Le moi, le surmoi et le ça

Calque of German Es (id), substantivized from the pronoun.

Noun

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ça m (uncountable)

  1. (psychoanalysis) id

Further reading

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Salar

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Persian چای (čây), from Sinitic (chá).

Noun

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ça (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. tea

References

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  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “ça”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 306